From mcantelon at gmail.com Thu Feb 14 20:40:00 2008
From: mcantelon at gmail.com (Mike Cantelon)
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:40:00 -0800
Subject: [Van-pm] Open Web Vancouver 2008 Registration Open: Speakers from
Google, Sun, Facebook, Mozilla, and more...
Message-ID: <8fb626080802142040see2ce00va426b16c6ea9cffe@mail.gmail.com>
Geeks Unite! The Vancouver PHP Association is proud to announce that
registration is now open for the Open Web Conference, this year to be
held at the Vancouver Conference and Exhibition Centre, Mon., Apr. 14
to Tues., Apr. 15, 2008. After bringing Vancouver two sold out
conferences two years running, the Open Web Conference is shaping up
to be our biggest and best effort yet!
Some of the big names you can expect to hear include: Tim Bray,
co-author of XML / Sun Microsystems; Zak Greant, Foo Associates /
Mozilla Foundation; Patrick Chanezon, Google; Laura Thompson, Google,
and Bran Shire, Facebook. You can read a list of this year's talks at:
http://www.openwebvancouver.ca/talks.
Our space at the Vancouver Conference and Exhibition Centre, located
on the beautiful Burrard Inlet, on the edge of Gastown and downtown
Vancouver, will accommodate 400 geeks to hear all the latest and
greatest news and advancements on Open Source technologies such as:
PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails, XUL, OpenMoko, Linux, Django, Drupal and
more.
Register now here, as we expect to sell out quickly. Registration is
only $150 ( +$20 if you want a fabulous t-shirt - your choice of 2
designs) All proceeds go directly towards conference expenses and
promoting similar events in the Vancouver area.
What: The Open Web Conference
When: Monday, April 14 to Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Where: Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre (VCEC), 999 Canada
Place, Vancouver, BC
Why: For the love of open source technologies, communities and
culture, talks from all areas of open source such as PHP, Python, Ruby
on Rails, XUL, GPL, Linux, Django and Drupal.
Who: You and the Vancouver PHP Users Association, a registered
non-profit association for the advancement of PHP and the Open Web.
http://openwebvancouver.ca
From halkeye at gmail.com Tue Feb 26 22:51:26 2008
From: halkeye at gmail.com (Gavin)
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:51:26 -0800
Subject: [Van-pm] Web Developer Position
Message-ID:
I know its been a while since any jobs were posted on here.
My company, airG, is starting to hire some more web programmers. Pretty much
we are looking for anyone with some experience and can handle php or perl.
We actually have put up a few "interviews" of a couple of employees as an
example of life at airG.
John, Software Developer - http://airg.com/careers/profile_JohnK.htm
Rob, Tech Team Lead - http://airg.com/careers/profile_Rob.htm
Job Posting:
Web Developer
How often does an opportunity come along to build a product that will
end up in the hands of millions of customers and shape the future of the
mobile entertainment industry?
At airG, we develop mobile communities and wireless social networking
products that resonate with the hip and trend defining 18 - 30 demographic.
We're working with industry leaders such as Verizon, Sprint Nextel,
Cingular, Bell Canada and T-Mobile to define an entirely new way of
interacting on your mobile phone. In our ideally situated office on
fashionable Robson Street in Vancouver, we're creating products that enable
millions of customers to experience a sense of being connected. Wirelessly.
airG has the fastest growing social network on mobile phones with more
than 20 million unique users worldwide and is available on more than 85
mobile operators in 33 countries, and growing! To further accelerate this
rapid growth, we are in search of a talented and motivated Web Developer to
join our team!
Your Qualifications:
Minimum 3 years experience in software development and a post-secondary
education in computing science or engineering, or an equivalent combination
of experience and education.
Experience with one or more of: PHP, Perl, C++, C# or Java
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both technical and
user-friendly language
Strong organizational, problem solving and multi tasking skills
Ability to work both independently and within a team environment
Highly motivated and willing to learn new technologies
We work in a carrier grade, high uptime, secure and optimized web
environment that will enable you to use all of your skills to develop
application servers and dynamic interfaces, design databases and manage
schema/data.
In addition to having a flexible and relaxed work environment, we
believe that our culture and values set us apart. The values that we all
share and look for in those we work with include being entrepreneurial,
passionate, creative and fun. airG offers an attractive and competitive
compensation package, a comprehensive benefits plan including a flexible
wellness program and staff purchase plan for mobile devices.
Plug in to the world's largest mobile community. Plug in to airG.
For more information, check out www.airG.com
Apply @ http://tinyurl.com/3a74ye
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From simmons.chris at gmail.com Fri Feb 29 14:15:27 2008
From: simmons.chris at gmail.com (Chris Simmons)
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:15:27 -0800
Subject: [Van-pm] Introducing The Perl College
In-Reply-To:
References:
Message-ID: <625b0a180802291415x788d5bf3uafc26676110e5439@mail.gmail.com>
What is the Perl College?
The Perl College is a creative merger of job training and job
fairs. Here are its primary goals:
* Provide free top quality training to qualified
junior level Perl developers
* Improve their Perl skills to the intermediate level
* Match the new graduates with Perl jobs in the hiring companies
* http://perlhunter.com/college.html
The Perl College was created to address these issues in
recruiting Perl coders:
* A shortage of intermediate level Perl developers
* A surplus of junior level Perl developers
* Some are not developing Perl full time
* Many are looking for a career developing Perl but can't get
needed training and experience
* Companies lacking the resources to train Perl developers
We are currently seeking both sponsors and students for this
unique education/recruitment opportunity.
Hiring Sponsors: Thirty great applicants - cheap!
Imagine how much it would cost in both time and money to find
and train a qualified applicant for your Perl jobs. The Perl
College dramatically improves the efficiency of this process by
pre-screening and accepting only the most motivated
students. Then we take it one step further. We take those
already highly motivated students and train them up to a solid
intermediate level of Perl skills. Efficiency, cost
effectiveness and quality results - what could be better for
your Perl recruitment needs?
Student Candidates: Put yourself ahead of the competition.
If selected you will have a week of free training from Damian
Conway (valued at $3000). Plus you will exposed to employers who
are actively seeking intermediate level Perl developers.
Competition to get in will be fierce so put your best foot
forward. Don't wait to apply as we will take only the thirty
most qualified students.
For more information on The Perl College, and how to apply to be a
sponsor or a student go to these pages:
http://perlhunter.com/college.html
http://perlhunter.com/sponsors.html
http://perlhunter.com/students.html
Thanks,
Uri Guttman, Dean of The Perl College